PRIVACY/PERSONAL GROWTH

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

Protecting Your Peace by Protecting Your Privacy

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“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” ― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack

Over time, I’ve realized one of the best ways to protect your peace is to protect your privacy. If you don’t want others to know something, the safest choice is usually to keep it to yourself. The moment you share, even with someone you trust deeply, you run the risk of that information slipping into other conversations. Most of the time it’s not even malicious. It just happens.

My daughter recently told me about a situation at her office that made this clear. A colleague confided in a friend about how she negotiated her job offer at another firm. She hasn’t given notice yet, but she already secured a position at a company that happens to be in the same building as her current one. She was waiting for the background check to clear before making it official.

What felt like a private exchange didn’t stay private for long. One person told another, then another, and before she knew it, far more people knew her news than she ever intended.

In another case, one colleague told a friend in the office that he had accepted a new role and would be leaving…